Sentences with phrase «plant crops with»

Contaminated water from meat plants run off into farm land which in turn contaminates plant crops with the deadly E.coli bacteria strain O157: H7.

Not exact matches

Israeli startup Prospera recently attracted $ 7 million to fund its approach, which is to install cameras along with other sensors in fields and compare crops «leaf by leaf» with its database of thousands of plants to identify problems like pests, parasites and nutrient deficiencies.

A later link, also supplied by Syngenta, is advanced crop protection products to help plants produce more food with minimum damage to the environment.

Well before modern genetic engineering technology was around, humans found ways to tweak the DNA of plants by zapping it with chemicals or radiation — resulting in crops that are not considered GMOs.

And with Tower Garden — which can grow more than 150 different crops — chefs have the freedom and advantage to grow uncommon plant varieties that give their dishes a unique flair.

Cold weather is playing havoc with crops and delaying planting.

Early - stage venture capital fund New Crop Capital funds startups that develop cultured and plant - based meat, dairy, and egg products, along with service companies that facilitate the promotion and sale of these products.

Hemp belongs to the cannabaceae plant family that contains over 270 species and 11 genera and is often confused with cannabis plants that are uses as a source of the drug, marijuana; however, hemp does not have any psychoactive or drug properties and is often identified as an agricultural crop.

The expansive, bright green countryside dotted with farmhouses and lush crops planted in neat rows which surrounds the Zambian capital certainly don't scream «We have a water problem» to the...

The expansive, bright green countryside dotted with farmhouses and lush crops planted in neat rows which surrounds the Zambian capital certainly don't scream «We have a water problem» to the casual visitor.

Because coca is often planted in the same field with food crops, corn, bananas, yucca and beans are killed along with it.

Every field is carefully fenced in with paling formed of the mid-ribs of the palmyra - leaf, or by rows of prickly plants, aloes, cactus, euphorbias, and others; and every one is divided into small beds, each containing a different crop; but the most frequent and valuable crops are the ingredients for the preparation of curry; such as onions and chilies, which are exported to all parts of the coast and carried in large quantities into the interior.

Though ingredient suppliers have been working with the crop for years, peas as a source of plant - based protein is on a strong upwards trajectory.

The main experiments used to conduct this research are the Farming Systems Trial (FST)- the oldest continuous trial in the US that compares organic and conventional farming systems, the new Vegetable Systems Trial (VST)- comparing the impacts organic and conventional farming practices on nutrient density in vegetables and linkages to soil health, and Integrated Crop - Livestock Systems using annual and perennial crops along with cattle or hogs for soil, plant, and animal health.

With an ideal geographic allocation close to the equator, high peaks and volcanic soils, the tea plant is thriving in Indonesia, but is not profitable enough compared to other cash crops.

Cultivation for export, however, would involve less risk, if capsicums were regarded as a secondary or intermediate crop, to be grown on a plantation along with the principal one — as natives plant groundnuts or other beans between the rows of their maize - gardens — in a country with favourable soil and climate.

Unlike many plantation crops, like rubber and oil palm, cocoa can be grown with a diverse mixture of other plants.

To guard against the economic catastrophe of a failed coffee crop, many growers now mix in other cash crops such as yucca and tomatoes, alongside their coffee plants or experiment with growing hybrid coffee plants that are better adapted to climate extremes or are better able to resist pests.

Plots of winter squash at each site have been planted with a cover crop of hairy vetch.

Organic farming puts carbon back into soils by keeping them covered with plants, increasing crop diversity, composting and carefully planned grazing.

Market expectations are in excess of $ 10 million for Paradise Rise, which includes 12,000 sheep, all growing crops, and plant and equipment, with Colliers International the appointed agents.

«Rice is an incredibly special crop providing more than half of the planet with food every day,» said Dr. Eero Nissilä, head of IRRI's Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division and convenor of RG7.

With the 2014 harvest the Rubired grape crop continues to remains marginally stable as most of these grapes have been planted under long - term contracts and yields remain large enough to be financially viable.

Monitoring for pests and diseases; monitoring water use; planting cover crops; and reducing tillage are all associated with significant cost savings.

To continue building my capacity in the field of plant pathology so I can provide farmers with practical scientific solutions to reducing in - crop and post-harvest losses, thereby contributing to sustainable food production, increased financial stability and food security.

Unshaded coffee plants grown with fertilizer yield the most coffee, although unfertilized shaded crops generally yield more than unfertilized unshaded crops: the response to fertilizer is much greater in full sun.

It was July when I began planting, so I started with a winter crop of carrots, radishes, spring onion, iceberg lettuce, bok choy, celery, broccoli, strawberries, parsley and coriander.

While our organization has branched out (pun intended) since its founding 30 years ago to protect temperate forests (such as those in the Appalachian mountains), and tropical forests in Africa and Asia, our first efforts were focused on the rainforests of Latin America, working with farmers and foresters there to improve their lives and livelihoods so they wouldn't have to clear trees to plant crops or sell timber.

Every vineyard is planted with winter cover crops intended to hold precious soils in place while their roots host a rich mixture of beneficial micro-organisms that provide nutrition to the vines.

Weevils have attacked the plants in the past, damaging the local crop, but the biggest threats to supply are the lack of large - scale producers (most locals just grow a few plants for their own use) and hurricanes, which dump heavy rains and pack a punch with fierce winds that destroy the fragile plants.

We maintain our own certified planting seed, and personally contracted with «Seedsmen» who have not grown any wheat, rye or barley on their land for the last 2 years and who use their combines for only Gluten Free Oats, LLC or non gluten crops.

Apart from the better food resources in organic fields, the key factors are more fauna - compatible plant protection management, organic fertilization, the more diversified crop rotation and the more structured landscapes with semi-natural habitats and field margins.

Agroforestry practices provide cocoa farmers with resilience to climate change by promoting the planting of income generating hardwoods and other crops among cacao tress well as conservation of forests for both shade and soil health.

Crop insurance provides growers with protection against crop production losses caused by drought, hail, excessive moisture, earthquake, fire, wildlife, failure of irrigation water supply or insects and plant disease (unless control measures have been insufficiently or improperly appliCrop insurance provides growers with protection against crop production losses caused by drought, hail, excessive moisture, earthquake, fire, wildlife, failure of irrigation water supply or insects and plant disease (unless control measures have been insufficiently or improperly applicrop production losses caused by drought, hail, excessive moisture, earthquake, fire, wildlife, failure of irrigation water supply or insects and plant disease (unless control measures have been insufficiently or improperly applied).

I just bought a second rhubarb plant for the garden... hoping I'll one day get a big enough crop to actually bake something with it!!!

When you plant seeds you don't get the crop tomorrow, you get it over time with careful attention to the plants.

Here are the top crops to plant with your child, for the most success!

In the Southern Tier; Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded $ 77,255 to work with 6 farms to implement cover crops, which are planted to improve soil quality, reduce erosion, and to increase soil organic matter to improve resiliency during periods of flood and drought.

But with hundreds of channels you can measure carbon and nitrogen content, and you can tell a lot about plant health, plant disease, or leaf chemistry, all of which affect crop yield.»

Farmers spray their crops with fungicides to control these plant diseases, but their effectiveness is limited as disease pathogens mutate to become insensitive to the fungicides.

By exploiting new molecular and genetic insights, the research, done in collaboration with Pierre de Wit from Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands, provides a better understanding of the defense system of crop plants against the damaging pathogens that grow in the spaces between plant cells.

«I'm a plant scientist in Dr. Patel's lab at Big State University, with significant research experience in improving efficiency of various cropping systems under a range of environmental conditions, as well as working with parent lines development and hybrid seed production.

The scientists studied crops at a Tokyo research field, including cabbages and potatoes that were planted a few weeks after rains showered the field with radioisotopes from Fukushima.

Classical plant breeding uses deliberate interbreeding (crossing) of closely or distantly related individuals to produce new crop varieties or lines with desirable properties.

A larger chemical arsenal alone will not solve the problem, but in combination with traditional weed management, such as tilling and crop rotation, it should make it harder for unwanted plants to evolve resistance.

He always thought of himself as more of a botanist and a nematode guy, studying how parasitic soil - dwelling worms interact with crop plants.

Small parcels of forest are cut and burned, then the land planted with various crops.

Much of my team's work focuses on transgene technology from early - stage experiments in model plants all the way to field trials with crop plants such as corn.

Groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists have raised concerns about the environmental impacts of releasing new genetically modified crops into the open to reproduce with existing plants.

They left 33 colonies in test areas that exposed the colonies either to neonicotinoid - treated rapeseed plants or crops untreated with pesticides.